Door-holder



UNITED STATES GEORGE HALL, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

DOOR-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 610,399, dated September 6, 1898.

Application filed May 18,1897. Serial No. 637,081. (No model.)

To all whom it `may oon/cern,.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE HALL, ofmRichmond, in the county of Henrico and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Door-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in door-holders, and has for its object to provide a novel construction of two-part door-holders, one of said parts being secured upon the door and the other upon the base-board of the wall, adjoining the lloor, whereby the door may be held open and prevented from accidental closing by wind or otherwise.

To the accomplishment of this end my invention consists in a device embodying certain novel details of construction, combinations, and arrangements of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and specifically set forth in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional view of my improved device applied to a door and wall base-board. Fig. 2 is a perspective detail view of the locking-cup.

Like numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

The numeral 1 designates a cylindrical socket-piece adapted to it within a mortise in the base-board 2 of the wall, adjoining the floor, and provided with a lian ged rim 3, having openings for passage of screws 4 therethrough to secure it to said board. This socket-piece is provided with a locking projection 5, consisting of a shank 6, secured to the back-plate 1n of said socket by riveting or otherwise and formed at its outer end with an elongated transversely-extending lockinghead 7.

The numeral 8 designates a knob adapted to be secured to the door9byascrew 10, passing longitudinally therethrough. This screw is formed at its outer end with a cup-shaped head 11 of relatively less diameter than the socket-piece 1 in order that it may be freely entered into and withdrawn from the latter. This screw is provided at the point of conjunction of its cup-shaped head and shank 12 with a groove or slot 13 for application of a screw-driver. The cup-shaped screw-head is provided with locking means consisting of two substantially parallel spring-wires 14 14a, stretched vertically across the mouth or open en d thereof and secured to a wire ring 15, ei;- tending around the circumference of said cup. These wires are adaptedto engage with the `elongated head 7 of the locking projection 5 of the socket member 1, the relation of the parts being such that the said head projects transversely of the said Wires, and the latter are adapted to yield to permit the head'to enter the cup and contract thereafter and securely hold the said head confined. The manner of. connection is such that the head cannot be Withdrawn accidentally, while it may be released by the use of a reasonable amount of force exerted on the door. The knob 8 is provided with a cushion or check device consisting of a tubular band of rubber 16, seated in a socket 17 and adapted to f abut against the flanged rim 3 of the socket member 1 in order to check or ease the contact of said parts.

The manner of securing the door will be apparent, and it will also be seen that the position of the parts can be reversed, if desirablec'. e., the knob may be carried by the baseboard and the socketepiece by the door.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a door-holder, the combination with a headed projection, of a cup-shaped member in which said projection is adapted to fit, providedyvith an external annular groove, sub-` stantially parallel wires extending across the openend of said cup-shaped member, adapted to engage said headed projection, and having their ends bent into loops which fit within said groove, and a band extending around said cup-shaped member, fitting within the groove therein, and adapted to retain said parallel Wires in place.

In testimony whereof I have signed this speciication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE HALL.

Witnesses:

H. L. DENooN, EARLE ALLEN. 

